that is one day for hamas to stop firing rockets into israel. joining me now on the phone from gaza is abdullah abdullah, a member of the palestinian legislative council. what is your reaction to what was basically a warning, sir? >> well, i think israel has made a great mistake, and the other is the united states of america in supporting the israeli aggression on the palestinians. there's a deep fear because of reaction. they know they are provoking the palestinian side in gaza to return the fire after they assassinated several palestinians, the last of which was ahmed al jabbari, the known leader of the resistance movement, and all the calls for truce, for cease-fire, for working towards achieving a solution, peaceful solution, were ignored by the israelis and were as well disregarded by the american administration. therefore, if we really want to have real progress towards ending this violence today and tomorrow and forever, then peace is the order of the day, and the united states of america must be pressing israel and taking a courageous st